By: Armbrister S.B. No. 455 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to license eligibility for certain law enforcement 1-3 officers. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 1701.3041 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 1701.3041. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. The commission may 1-8 not adopt a requirement that an applicant must hold an associate 1-9 degree conferred by a junior college or a higher academic degree 1-10 conferred by an institution of higher education in order to be 1-11 eligible for a license under this chapter. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.